Plug receptacle



Dec. 6, 1927. 1,651,747

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A TT ORNE Y Patented Dec. 56, 1927.

CARL H nissart, or sYRAcUsE, NEW YORK, Ass'rG'Non Iro orioUsn-nrivnscoivirniv, j ,i i'

' taimor sYRAc'Usn, NEw'Yonm-A'oorna'onnuiroivr or Nnvvyoiix,

` PLUG RECEPTACLE. i

Application filed. .'l'anuary 24, 1923.- Serial No. 614,544.

This invention relates to plug receptacles which are encased in a strong rigidly-sup-`V l ported, weather-proof conduit outlet box or housing, and has for its object a particularly lsimple construction, arrangement and asseinblyY of the housing andthe receptacle proper by which the receptacle proper is supported in a simple and efficient manner vand isreadily accessible, for removing it for repairs, and for initially, installing 1t 'and connecting the wire terminals thereof to the servicewires leadinginto the housing from the conduit enclosing the service wires., l

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and construc-` tions hereinafter set forth and claimed.V

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away, of this plug receptacle.

Figure 2 is an inner end view of the outer section of the housing. y Ffgure 3 is a plan view of the receptacle proper and supportvtherefor. i

This plug receptacle comprises a two-part housing or conduit outlet box, the dividing line between the sections of which extend transversely of the housing, or box, the rear section enclosing a chamber for the inlet of the service wires and having means asy a threaded nipple for connection to the conduit enclosing said wires, a receptacle proper comprising a body extending into the front section, a support for the body extending between the abutting ends of the sections, and means forl holding the sections together.

1 designates the housing which is cylindri cal in general form and open at its outer or Y front end, and closed at its inner or rear end, it being provided at its inner or rear end with an internally threaded nipple 2 for connection to a conduit enclosing the service wires. It is also formed at its rear end f with laterally extending flanges 3 by which it may be rigidly secured to the support,

as by screws, passing through holes 4 in said flanges.

.extending transversely of the cylindrical housing nearly midway between the ends of the same. The front section 5 is open at its vouter or front end to permit the entrance of a plug into 'the plug receptacle 'proper sup-1 ported within the housing, and the rear section is closed at its inner or rear end enclose. ing `a chamber 7 for the service wires. j f 8 is thebody of the receptacle proper,said

body being of vinsulating material.A Y9 :areV

Wire terminals on therear end portionvof" the body for connection to the servicewires in the chamber 7 10 are plug terminals extending through passages 11fin-the outer so that the rear portion 13 of the body car? rying the wireterminals 9 extends into the rear section 6 and such rear portion 13 is of less diameter than the major part of the body 8 leaving a face or ledge 14 around the portion 13, and the support 12 has lugs 15 seated in depressions in said ledge and secured to the body. as by rivets 16. Said support is also shown as'formed with laterally extending diametrically opposite flanges or lugs 17 seated in depression 18 in the rear edge face of -tlie front section 5. The lugs 17 are of different size or form vand likewise the depressions 18 are of corresponding forms,

portion of the body, `these beingcontinua-.f tionsjof, or in line with the terminals 9 and being here'shown las tubular, .to receiving the 12 with attached body 8 canbe placed in the housing in one position only.

arceshaped portion 19 for fitting the interior wall of lone side only of the section 5; and a spring 20 is interposed between the opposite side of the receptacle and the body 8 and holds the support centered. This spring 20 is a tongue attached to the section 5, the free end of the tongue bearing against the body 8.

The means for holding the sections together are usually screws 21 extending through ears 22, 23, on the sections 5, 6, near the abutting edges of the sections,each screw passing freely through a hole in one earV and threading into the other ear.

The ears 22, 23, are preferably located The support 12 is alsol formed with an adjacent the depressions 18i1rivhiclrlugs 17 of the supporfJ l2 arel seated.

Owing to the arrangement of the sectionsofthe. housingand ,the support-lor. they-,body` of the receptacle, Vt-he., drawing ofthe; service Wires from the conduifJ into-the box7 the vconnection of the Wires to the termfina'lsfo the plug receptacle body, vand the final sepouring of the receptacle) in: th'e housing-is.

easily and quickly accomplished.

What-IE claim is Y lI'nfa; plug-freceptacle; a twolpart heus-- y ing,` said parts inclu-ding tubular ysections arranged encl'fto'end, the rear section-vv having means-for connection tolfanelectrical conduit, a,l pluigreceptaele proper -r comprising; f av bodyiextending"into'thev front Section; la: sup port '1 for* they body eXten-dinig-between-M th'e abu'ttingfends ofthey tubular section,|- means ifo-'rf holding the fseetionswtogethem the sup# pont:lha/ving?endL portionsextendingV between; chel sections land'v a portion'- between itsv ende' engagingf one l sidel or"v l the interior Wall of theutubularehbusing; and a spring interposed between theHbo'dyf and the llrousing,` and' act:` ingfonil the` plug receptacleI body toA4 thrust safidlportion othe support againsttlre interior Wall-of saidhousing.

2. I na plug receptacle, a two part housof A-di'e-renr,fsizel and oneV of i theflabuttingienclficeabf thel sections havin-g' con'ipleinenfcall recesses' lfor" receiving the I lugs; thesmp'por:\E beingfl-atand'thefbody'of the receptacle? eX-f* tending labove#and-'3*below thehsam-dgthef sup f port ilifavirigianlintermediatel portion? between -v tlreflugs lfor "engaging theinnen.. Wall lof the:l housing andfmeans fori holding thefseetions 1 togethenV f l'nV testimony whereofgf- I have hereunto@ atf' its-'pende extending"betWeen4r the l abutting v ends 'of the tubular sections; theelurgs I signed my fname,A at '-Syraeuse, inf the; countyl'f 

